Background

Mr. Howard H. Leach serves as the President at Leach Capital, LLC and Foley Timber & Land Company. Mr. Leach has been active in Republican politics for many years in the support of candidates and in California and national fund raising. He was a Managing Director at Leach Capital Corporation and the President at Leach McMicking & Co. Mr. Leach served as the Finance Chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He was sworn in as the United States Ambassador ... to France on July 16th, 2001. Mr. Leach completed his service in France on April 15th, 2005. He served as an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1953 through 1955. Mr. Leach is a Member of Global Advisory Board of Trilantic Capital Management LLC. Mr. Leach serves on the boards of the American Friends of Versailles, the American University of Paris, the French-American Foundation, the French Heritage Society, the Haas Business School at the University of California Berkeley, and as an Overseer of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He has served as a Director of various companies, including Chairman of Hunter Fan Company, Dr. Pepper Company, Midland Ross, Sybron Corporation, Hibernia Bank, and Shippers Development Company. He was also a member of the Board of Regents of the University of California from 1990 to 2001. Mr. Leach served as the Chairman of the Board of Regents from 1993 to 1995. He serves as Trustee of Center for Strategic and International Studies, Inc. Mr. Leach is a graduate of Yale University and attended Stanford Graduate School of Business.

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